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Unclassified road crash in Preston PR2 on 11 September 1998 at 13:30 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series, a car and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Preston at 13:30 on Friday 11 September 1998. The 40-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series, a 1-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Sep 1998
Friday, 13:30
Vehicles
3
Rover 200 Series and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76676, longitude -2.72527, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804D057898
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,235 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199804D057898 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Preston road accident statistics for 1998.